All layman synonyms
lay·man
L l noun layman
- parishioner — one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.
- dilettante — a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
- outsider — a person not belonging to a particular group, set, party, etc.: Society often regards the artist as an outsider.
- proselyte — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- secular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- novice — a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro: a novice in politics.
- recruit — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- believer — If you are a great believer in something, you think that it is good, right, or useful.
- member — a person, animal, plant, group, etc., that is part of a society, party, community, taxon, or other body.
- follower — a person or thing that follows.
- neophyte — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- laic — Also, laical. lay; secular.
- nonprofessional — not a member of or trained in a specific profession.
- lay person — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- amateur — An amateur is someone who does something as a hobby and not as a job.